The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Harold Camping proclaims new 'doomsday'

This man makes me angry and sad at the same time. Someone should ask him if he plans on giving a refund to everyone who made donations predicated on the prognostication being fulfilled.

I've continued to make the point that date setting is a natural corollary to the error of pre-tribulation and dispensationalist eschatology. St. Paul could not have been more clear in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2; not telling Christians when Christ would return but rather emphasizing what events must come first.

But more to the point, and just to add some perspective, Christians have at no point believed that a rapture would precede the prophesied tribulation period. Christ's return has always been held to immediately precede the fulfillment of the rest of prophesy to include the wrath of the Lamb falling in judgement upon the nations. It was only in the 19th century that pretribulation/dispensationalist teaching dawned in Britain and was imported into America. It didn't take long for the next logical step, date setting, to be taken by the Millerites. The subsequent Great Disappointment was a grave lesson about how destructive doctrinal error can be.

And here we are again, except with a twist. Instead of a 7 year period (Daniel's "missing" week) there was a 5 month period predicted to span the rapture and the final destruction of all life.

Setting a new date is hardly bold or edgy. Every date setter sets a new date when the first one fails. It's a scam and in this day of information, I'm appalled that so many continue to get sucked into it.

Sad.